Power Conditioner
PC 3.3 & 5.3
Our Cleaners
Protection
from the bad.
The AVM Power Conditioner PC 3.3 and PC 5.3 are innovative power filter solutions specially designed to eliminate high and low-frequency disturbances from the power grid. This ensures a clean power supply for sensitive audio and video equipment, resulting in improved sound quality. Both models feature a graphical OLED display that continuously monitors and displays the quality of power. The power conditioners also offer numerous safety features, including surge protection and active phase detection, to protect the connected devices.
Clean energy for perfect sound quality
PC 5.3 Black
PC 5.3 Cellini
PC 5.3 US Version
PC 5.3 Schuko Version
PC 3.3 Black
PC 3.3 Cellini
PC 3.3 Silver
PC 3.3 US Version
Image Hifi,
Eric van Spelde.
The PC 5.3 power grid filter provides comprehensive protective measures for the valuable audio devices that draw their power from it, along with some while also offering a degree of user convenience for operators of larger systems.
Reviews
How the trade press rates us
The Sound Cleaner: AVM’s Power Conditioner 5.3 Tested
„Nowadays, one cannot do without power conditioning. The impurities in the grid have become too strong. The previously emerging feeling that something is holding back the system and preventing it from unfolding, or that it performs particularly freely on weekends or even at night – it is not an illusion! This is especially true for complex systems, high-quality components, and high sound demands. If one wishes for the conditions to be consistent at all times by eliminating potential disturbances, a power filter, or better yet, a power conditioner, becomes necessary. Ideally, a well-thought-out, carefully constructed device like this one from AVM: The more contaminated the power grid, the more liberated a system sounds behind such a conditioner: greater dynamic range and spatiality, a darker background, and more liveliness. Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac has more breath and more air around her; the image is larger, more colorful, and deeper than unfiltered. The performance indeed feels liberated and unleashed.“
STEREO, Tom Frantzen.
4/2025
Balancing Act Between Sound Purity and Dynamics – The AVM PC 5.3 Reviewed
„Power line filters are a tricky matter: If you do too little, interference signals spoil the enjoyment of music. These can arise from the power supply and from the interactions of the power supplies of connected devices. If you do too much, the filters can effectively kill the natural dynamics and spatiality of the music. The traditional Baden-based manufacturer AVM has now created a device over two and a half years of development that not only hits the “golden mean” in almost all system configurations but also makes it comprehensible for the user what it is currently doing. Moreover, it offers the user the opportunity to intervene themselves. Even though the purist in me might prefer to forgo this – at least in urban areas, no owner of a high-quality audio or audio-video system can avoid a comprehensive treatment of the power supply. The catalog of potential interference influences is simply too large (and steadily growing): The ongoing digitalization brings us not only Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but also a multitude of switch-mode power supplies and other sources of high-frequency signals into our homes. Electric cars need to be charged, and the wall boxes (if one is a fortunate resident of a single-family home with a private parking space) and public charging stations are likely developed more with economic priorities than audiophile sensitivities in mind. The situation becomes truly critical – or downright frightening – when photovoltaic systems in the vicinity feed their power into the grid. While this is fundamentally a good and necessary development, the associated inverters, unfortunately, are not designed to deliver a pure sine wave to the grid, as they predominantly come from the Far East. Additionally, there are “traditional” power line pollutants such as electricity and radio transmission masts, washing machines, light dimmers, and industrial equipment; DC components in the mains voltage are met with a distinctly audible hum from transformers and even output transformers – and so on. Most of these interference influences could likely be largely eliminated by inserting many steep-slope filters in series. However, it becomes clear that this is not necessarily a productive approach once one realizes that the music signal we feed into our speakers is essentially modulated mains power. This is not simply pushed into our audio devices but drawn from the grid by the power supply as needed, which of course works better when we do not have significant bottlenecks in the line. Loss of dynamics and phase issues can thoroughly ruin the enjoyment of music playback: The sound may seem clean, but it also feels flat, compressed, and strangely detached.“
image hifi, Eric van Spelde.
5/2024
The Sound Cleaner: AVM Power Conditioner 5.3 Tested
„Nowadays, one cannot do without power cleaning. The impurities in the grid have become too strong. The previously emerging feeling that something is holding back the system and preventing it from unfolding, or that it performs particularly freely on weekends or even at night – it is not an illusion! This is especially true for complex systems, high-quality components, and high sound demands. If one wishes for the conditions to be consistent at all times by eliminating potential disturbances, a power filter, or better yet, a power conditioner, becomes necessary. The more contaminated the power grid, the more liberated a system sounds behind such a conditioner: greater dynamics and spatiality, a darker background, and more liveliness. Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac has more breath and more air around her; the image is larger, more colorful, and deeper than unfiltered. The performance indeed feels liberated and unleashed.“
STEREO, Tom Frantzen.
4/2025
Balancing Act Between Sound and Silence: The AVM PC 5.3 Tested
„Power line filters are a tricky matter: If you do too little, interference signals spoil the enjoyment of music. These can arise from the power supply and from the interactions of the power supplies of connected devices. If you do too much, the filters can effectively kill the natural dynamics and spatiality of the music. The traditional Baden-based manufacturer AVM has now created a device over two and a half years of development that not only hits the “golden mean” in almost all system configurations but also makes it comprehensible for the user what it is currently doing. Moreover, it offers the user the opportunity to intervene themselves. Even though the purist in me might prefer to do without this – at least in urban areas, no owner of a high-quality audio or audio-video system can avoid a comprehensive treatment of the power supply. The catalog of potential interference factors is simply too large (and steadily growing): The ongoing digitalization brings us not only Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but also a multitude of switch-mode power supplies and other sources of high-frequency signals into our homes. Electric cars need to be charged, and the wall boxes (if one is a fortunate resident of a single-family home with a private parking space) and public charging stations are likely developed more with economic priorities than audiophile sensitivities in mind. The situation becomes truly critical – or downright frightening – when photovoltaic systems in the vicinity feed their power into the grid. While this is fundamentally a good and necessary development, the associated inverters, predominantly of Far Eastern origin, are unfortunately not designed to deliver a pure sine wave to the grid. Additionally, there are “traditional” power line polluters such as electricity and radio transmission masts, washing machines, light dimmers, and industrial equipment; DC components in the mains voltage are met with a distinctly audible hum from transformers and even output transformers – and so on. Most of these interference factors could likely be largely eliminated by inserting many steep-slope filters in series. However, it becomes clear that this is not necessarily a productive approach once one realizes that the music signal we feed into our speakers is essentially modulated mains power. This is not pushed into our audio devices under pressure but drawn from the grid by the power supply as needed, which of course works better when we do not have significant bottlenecks in the line. Otherwise, dynamic losses and phase issues can thoroughly ruin the enjoyment of music playback: The sound may seem clean, but it also feels flat, compressed, and strangely detached.“
image hifi, Eric van Spelde.
5/2024
Technical data
PC 5.3
| Supply voltage | 210 – 260 V, 50 / 60 Hz |
| Power consumption (in operation) | < 7W |
| Power consumption (standby) | < 0.3W |
| Max. output power (total) | 3680 W |
| Max. output current (Source Out) PC 3.3 | 2 A (total of all outputs) |
| Fuse PC 3.3 (rear panel) | 2 A T (slow-blow) |
| Max. output current (Source Out) PC 5.3 | 2 x 2 A (total of all outputs) |
| Fuse PC 5.3 (rear panel) | 2x 2 A T (slow-blow) |
| Max. output current (POWERAMP Out) PC 3.3 | 16 A (total of all outputs) |
| Max. output current (POWERAMP Out) PC 5.3 | 16 A (total of all outputs) |
| Note: | The total output current (sum of SOURCE and POWERAMP outputs) is limited to 16 A |
| Output voltage | 15 V DC +/- 2% |
| Max. output current | 4 A DC |
| Dimensions (PC 3.3)(WxHxD) | 430 x 115 x 390 mm |
| Dimensions (PC 5.3)(WxHxD) | 430 x 149 x 390 mm |
| Warranty | 2 years + 2 years with online registration |
| *Warranty periods may vary in different distribution countries. | |
We reserve the right to make changes to technical specifications and features. | |
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